Recent content by larry harding

1. i recently did some work on a friends model a. i put in the complete swing arm kit on his windshield. the problem is the ws frame nut that presses into the ws bracket keeps wanting to pop out. i used vice grips to press the frame nut in all the way. i imagine the chinese precision fit aint...

i,ve been working on a friends 29 4 door leather back sedan. new (modern) points and condenser, new kit in carb, checked and re checked the ign, timing. everything checks good and it runs as good as can be expected, engine is probably a bit tired, the engine cranks and runs, but when i let off...

i would really appreciate some info and maybe pictures on one of these, if the studs just screwed into the wood in the up right piece it seems it would not be very strong. of course i wind up trying to help on an odd ball no one knows much about.

this car was restored several years ago by an uncle of the currant owner, beautiful original style interior, paint nice , but a bit faded now. now the problem... the windshield has none of the hardware to hold it open or properly close it. even the rivet on w s bracket is missing. not a...

looking back at the replies i got and realizing i may not be the dumbest guy around i went for the carb too backfiring, not the problem! i bet the next bad condenser i encounter wont fool me like this one did. thanks for the effort guys.

o.k. guys. i'm up for the dumb a** of the year award. the first thing i did on this car was open the distributor and polish up the points, they weren't in bad shape. racking my brain for better part of two days, i realised my test coil had an external resister, then the light came on. i got out...

that tube is a 3/8 24 fine bolt thread. i pulled the engine out of my speedster three times trying to, stop a terrible oil leak, i had blown air and carb cleaner thru the main drain several times before pulling the plug from the drain. there was a short piece of drain tube in the bottom of...

i've been tinkering with cars, motorcycles, hit and miss engines most of my 81 years. a friend wanted me to get his 29 fordor running right. it will start up and idle roughly, if you open the throttle it won't rev, just spits and coughs backfiring thru the carb, it's getting plenty of fuel...

i guess i may have to order from one of the dealers, assuming the repops are tempered. i thought all the original glass windshield etc was plate untill up in the 30's. the one my friend loaned me looks like 1/4" plate, but may be tempered. thanks for all the help!

the roadster i'm working on has the original brackets, i supposed the original (plate) glass got lost or broken over time. i thought the wind wing glass would be shorter on the deluxe, a friend bought a set of the etched glass for his standard roadster and let me borrow one of his old glasses...

i'm working on a 31 delux roadster, it is to be a driver, no show car. i want to go to a glass business and have the wind wings cut from laminated safety glass. the catalogs list several different glass windwings but give no dementions, can someone who has one of these roadsters please measure...

i finally got to do more digging on my 2nd pop out situation. i placed shims in the spring caps to get a little more tension, that may help some. bored&stroked's post opened my eyes a bit more. i built up three trannys, one in my speedster and the other two for future reference. the one i...

i was recently at a guys shop getting a shifter tower from him. there was a shift lever with a weird kink in the top end. he told me this was so the shifter could be hooked to the dash to keep it in 2nd gear. i suspect6ed this was or racing, but may have just been necessary for normal driving...

yea.... a lot of used parts. i have the engine out now for other problems. i'll pull the ****** and check the thrust washer when i assembled the ****** it seemed to engage the gears good but i'll look again. i found a bit of advice on the finger adjustment on the internet, but looked at the face...

hi guys i'm usually on the model a forum, but need a little help from this one. i built a 50's style model a speedster with a lightened flywheel, 9" clutch and a 39 ******. i built the ****** using van pelts book and parts from scrounged doners. i need help with a couple of problems. #1 the...